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HE’S IN THE ICLOUD NOW: Apple fan Clarence Labor places his old Macintosh in front of an Apple Store in Washington, DC, yesterday, as other personal tributes to Steve Jobs accumulate outside the SoHo branch. Photo: REUTERS

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Millions around the globe — and especially in New York — paid tribute to Apple founder Steve Jobs yesterday, leaving bitten apples, electronic tributes and heartfelt notes at impromptu shrines to the technology guru whose inventions changed how the world works.

At the Midtown Apple flagship store, a graphic designer who has used Macs since the ’90s laid a poster he made showing Jobs’ face surrounded by clouds and the original Apple insignia.

“I came not just because I work on Macs but because this man was such a nice person,” said Effie Latif, 50. “Even when he was sick, he was working for the company, was so dedicated. This person is not related to me, but I feel it.

“Today, I’m sad.”

Nearby, a Apple acolyte from Brooklyn laid four roses — following a tradition from his native Russia — at the massive memorial, which attracted a stream of mourners.

“I’m sad and disappointed because this man changed everything,” Ivan Guryev said. “He changed us. It was my first idea to come here because I thought I should honor him.”

The 23-year-old, who mostly spoke Russian, had to use his iPhone to look up the word “honor.”

Outside the Apple Store in SoHo, people scrawled messages on empty boxes they got when they bought Apple products.

“I have no doubt that without Steve Jobs my life would be a lot harder. His products have inspired me,” said Tom Reynolds, 37, of the East Village. “Everyone copied his ideas. He pushed us all forward and changed the world, and that’s testament to a true genius. I hope his legacy lives on.”

Even Jobs’ signature look became a must-have.

The makers of his $174 black cotton mock turtlenecks — which, when paired with jeans, became his uniform — were flying off shelves nationwide.

“The man made quite an impact, even outside of computers,” said St. Croix founder Bernhard Brenner, 72, who sold Jobs about 12 of the shirts a year.

But the fate of Jobs’ $8.3 billion fortune is not as clear-cut as any of his sharp gizmos.

Along with Laurene Powell, his wife of 20 years, and their three children, the Jobs family tree is a knot of tangled relationships.

It includes a forgotten father, a long-lost sister, a stepmother and a love child born in 1978 who had been raised on welfare until a court-ordered blood test proved she was his daughter.

He reconciled with that daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, now 33, in 1985, shortly after he was fired from Apple.

It’s unclear how his fortune could be split and how much, if any, might go to charity.